{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-wales-regulations-2015/regulation-22.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2015/1843",
  "legislation_title": "The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/care-and-support-charging-wales-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/22",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Maximum weekly contribution or reimbursement for non-residential care and support",
  "text": "(1) Except where the care and support in respect of which direct payments are made consists of provision of care and accommodation in a care home, and subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, a local authority may not determine that it is reasonably practicable for B to make a contribution or a reimbursement greater than £100 per week towards the cost of the care and support.\n(2) When calculating the maximum reasonable amount that B may be required to pay, a local authority—\n(a) must disregard the cost of securing any care and support for which it imposes a flat-rate charge, and\n(b) may impose the charges in respect of such a service in addition to the maximum weekly contribution or reimbursement.\n(3) Where B receives a direct payment to enable the purchase of equipment, which would otherwise be provided by a local authority, the local authority—\n(a) must disregard the cost of the equipment when calculating the maximum weekly contribution or reimbursement that B may be required to pay, and\n(b) may require B to pay an amount in addition to the maximum weekly contribution or reimbursement towards the cost of securing the equipment.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sum in reg. 22 substituted (6.4.2020) by The Care and Support (Charging) (Wales) and Land Registration Rules (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/131), regs. 1(2), 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 22 in force at 6.4.2016, see reg. 1(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1843/regulation/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:32:30.955505+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}